NORTH EAST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
2024 NEWS 48th International Juried Exhibition
and Annual Workshop information
can be found on the "Events" page.
About
- We provide educational opportunities.
- We arrange exhibition and sales opportunities.
- We offer support, encouragement and fellowship.
MAJOR ANNUAL EVENTS:
- Members Exhibition in Orange County, New York
- Watercolor Demonstration in Orange County, New York
- International Exhibition in Kent, Connecticut
- Watercolor Workshop in Sullivan County, New York (near Orange County)
MEMBERSHIP:
NEWS Members reside in more than 20 States, as well as Canada, Europe and Central America.
New members are always welcome to join! Please see the "JOIN" page for a membership application form.
A HISTORY OF 50 YEARS!
In 1973, the association we know today as the North East Watercolor Society was formed as the Orange County Watercolor Society, with the stated mission of “The Promotion and Preservation of Watercolor Painting.” We hold true to the mission each year through outstanding exhibitions, demonstrations, workshops and other events that benefit our members and the viewing public..
Please see the HISTORY page on this website for more information and remembrances.
NEWS Executive Board:
PRESIDENT: Janet Campbell
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Tom Hedderich
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Jill Weltman
TREASURER: Ellen Trayer
SECRETARY: Valerie Taggart
PUBLICITY: Kate Hyden
MEMBER AT LARGE: Caroline Harrow
Newsletter Editor: Rich VanTieghem
Website Coordinator: Vacant
NEWS Membership Committee:
Diana Aliberti, Chair
Carole Semolic
NEWS Exhibitions Committee:
Janet Campbell
Lana Privitera
Valerie Taggart
Tom Hedderich, Chair
Kate Hyden, Publicity Chair
Richard VanTieghem
Laura Kohlmann, Awards Chair
Jill Weltman, Luncheon Coordinator
Bob Perkowski, Catalog Producer
NEWS Workshop Committee:
Valerie Taggart, Chair
Janet Campbell
President Emeritus:
Richard Price
Artwork shown in the background of the home page:
"Early Snow" by Richard L. Price
NOTE: THIS IS THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE NORTH EAST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY.
(THE PREVIOUS WEBSITE (www.northeastws.com) IS NO LONGER OPERATING)
EVENTS
2024 North East Watercolor Society
48th Annual INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
The Gallery at Kent Art Association, Route 7, South Main St., Kent, CT USA
Exhibition Dates: September 8- September 29, 2024
Entry Period: Thurs., April 25 - Tues., June 25
Notifications by: Tues., July 30
Delivery: Thurs., Sept. 5, 10am-2pm at Kent, CT
Opening Reception and Awards: Sun., Sept. 8
Closing Luncheon and Pick-up: Sunday, Sept. 29
Prospectus Link: 2024 Intl Prospectus.pdf
2024 JUROR OF AWARDS: Susan Hope Fogel AWS:
We are delighted to have engaged Susan Hope Fogel AWS as exhibition juror and workshop teacher. Susan has studied at the NY Academy of Art, the Art Students League, and the National Academy of Design. She had the opportunity to work with Paul Ching-Bor to explore a new form of expression in Deconstructionist Watercolor. She was inspired by the experimental quality of this work which allowed for great freedom of expression, drawing from an intuitive place rather than from the outside world. The focus of her work shifted from traditional realism in oils to large scale watercolor painting with an emphasis on abstraction of landscape and cityscape.
Susan started her art school, The Warwick Atelier, in 2008 as a forum for creative development. She teaches ongoing classes and has taught workshops in Tuscany, Ireland, Cape Cod and other places. Her work has been discussed in American Artist magazine, also a Special edition of American Artist and Southwest Art magazine.
She has exhibited her work in the NY/NJ/MA region as well as Santa Fe, Italy, and Istanbul. She is a Signature Member of the American Watercolor Society. Website: susanhopefogelfineart.com
2024 North East Watercolor Society Annual Workshop:
"EXPLORING EXPERIMENTAL WATERCOLOR"
with Susan Hope Fogel AWS
Zach and Katy by Susan Hope Fogel
Tues.-Thurs., September 3-5, 10a-4p, $310 Members, $350 Non-Members
Mamakating Town Park, Bloomingburg, NY 12721
You will step out of your comfort zone of traditional painting techniques for this workshop. Since the paint is applied by splattering, splashing, pulling, dripping, etc., most of the time your brush will not touch the surface of the painting. Not only will you be breaking rules of watercolor, Susan feels there are no rules when developing a painting in Experimental Watercolor. However, during the workshop she will constantly guide students to create a work of art that is aligned with painting concepts to help create a strong image.
In this workshop students will learn : how to start a painting with deconstruction, compose the painting, develop textural effects through various techniques, and how to finish the painting.
There is no prerequisite for the workshop. Artists need only bring their life experience and passion for painting.
See full description and registration instructions here:
2024 NEWS Workshop Description .pdf
2024 NEWS MEMBERS EXHIBITION
Best in Show - "Pumpkin Peak" by Alonzo Clarke
AWARDS
(See “Gallery” Page to view winning paintings)
Best in Show ($500) - “Pumpkin Peak” - Alonzo Clarke
Elaine M. Garvin Memorial Award ($250) - “Today’s Blooms” - Christine Verga Maday
Excellence Award I ($150) - “Trastevere” - Cindi Handy
Excellence Award II ($150) - “Rainy Morning in the Marsh” - Leslie Waxtel
Excellence Award III ($150) - “Picnic for One” - Lana Privitera
Honorable Mention I ($75) - “Lil Rusty” - Ciro Attardo
Honorable Mention II ($75) - “Sunny Riverside Serenade” - Gina T. Judy
2023 NEWS 47th Annual INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
THIS BEAUTIFUL EXHIBIT WAS ON DISPLAY OCT. 8-29 AT THE KENT ART ASSOCIATION GALLERY IN KENT, CT
BEST IN SHOW: “Morning Errands” by Susan Weintraub
THE AWARD WINNING PAINTINGS ARE LISTED BELOW:
- North East Watercolor Society Award for Best in Show ($1500) – “Morning Errands” by Susan Weintraub
- North East Watercolor Society Second Prize Award ($1200) – “Pears and Squares” by Chris Krupinski
- North East Watercolor Society Third Prize Award ($1000) – “”First Ride!” by Kenneth Call
- North East Watercolor Society Members Award ($800) – “Leafed Pear” byJanet Laird-Lagassee
- North East Watercolor Society Excellence Award I ($500) – “Winter King After the Rain” by Kathleen Cea-Gupta
- North East Watercolor Society Excellence Award II ($500) – “Transition” by Dorrie Rifkin
- North East Watercolor Society Excellence Award III ($500) – “Rock Creek” by Z.L. Feng
- North East Watercolor Society Excellence Award IV ($500) – “Attentive Lashes” by Michael Solovyev
- Elaine M. Garvin Memorial Award ($500) – Daddy’s Girl” by Nora Winn
- M. Graham & Co. Award ($400m) – “59th Street Bridge” by Antonio Masi
- Smile Award in Memory of Harvey Ball ($300) – “Repose” by June Webster
- Richard L. Price Award ($250) – “Love Glistens” by Roberta Oliver
- Matilda Grech Memorial Award ($250) – “21st Century Paper Dolls” by Rebecca Krutsinger
- QoR Artist Watercolors Award ($250m) –“After the Hunt” by Judith Hummer
- John Pike Memorial Award ($200) – “FASCINATION” by Carolyn Latanision
- Dick VanTieghem Memorial Award ($200) – “Market Baskets and Jars” by Chito Delos Santos
- Jack Richeson & Co. Award I ($192m) – “”Vintage Color II” by Cindi Handy
- Artists in Heaven Award for Realism ($150) – “Bladder Wrack” by Alice Kenny
- Holbein Artist Materials Award I ($127m) – “The Frenchman” by Robert O’Brien
- Holbein Artist Materials Award II ($127m) – “House Rules” by Lisa Franklin
- Ampersand Art Supply Award ($125m) –“Into the Light” by Arthur Gilmore
- Jack Richeson & Co. Award II ($113m) – “Botanical Cure for the Spring Pandemic” by Roberta Rosenthal
- Dixon Ticonderoga Arches PaperAward ($104m) – “Deserted DeSoto” by Tom Hedderich
- Richard Morgan Award for Figure Painting ($100) – “Afternoon Chat” by John Wolff
We take this opportunity to list and thank the many companies, organizations and individuals whose generosity has helped us to maintain the high quality of our exhibitions and activities. We encourage their support and provide these links as a convenient reference to many of the finest people and products in the watercolor/art industry.
Kind Supporters of the 2023 International Exhibition:
(Click on the company's name to visit their website!)
- Ampersand Art Supply (Award Sponsor)
- QOR Watercolor (Golden Paints) (Award Sponsor)
- HK Holbein Artists Materials (Awards Sponsor)
- Jack Richeson & Co. (Awards Sponsor)
- M. Graham & Co. (Award Sponsor)
- Dixon Ticonderoga Arches Paper (Award Sponsor)
- Kent Art Association (Outstanding Gallery Venue)
- Parcel Room (Logistics and Shipping Services)
2024 JURY OF SELECTION PROCESS FOR INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.pdf • 57KB
Gallery
VIDEOS
NEWSLETTER
The SPRING 2023 "NEWSnotes" Newsletter is now available. Use the link below to download the newsletter.
PAYMENTS
2024 Fee Schedule:
- Annual Member Dues: $40.00 (For those newly joining, please complete a Membership Application found on the "Join" page and email it to admin@northeastwatercolor.com in addition to paying the appropriate fees either by mail or through this "Payments" page.)
- Combined Annual Member Dues ($40) + Members' International Exhibit Entry Fee ($35 for 1 or 2 paintings): $75.00
- Members' International Exhibit Entry Fee (1 or 2 paintings): $35.00
- Non-Members' International Exhibit Entry Fee (1 or 2 paintings): $50.00
We offer two easy methods to pay fees:
- Via PayPal: Use the PayPal buttons that are provided below.
- Check Payment sent via Postal Mail: Refer to the amounts shown above, and mail a check payable to North East Watercolor Society, to:
NEWS, PO Box 842, Wurtsboro, NY 12790
$40 Annual Membership Dues
$75 for the combination of Annual Membership Dues + 2024 International Exhibit Entry Fee (1 or 2 paintings)
$35 Members' International Exhibit Entry Fee (1 or 2 paintings)
$50 Non-Members' International Exhibit Entry Fee (1 or 2 paintings)
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HISTORY
The Orange County Watercolor Society first exhibited at the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame in Goshen, NY with an invitational show which was attended by both Bogimir Bogdonivic, AWS, and John Pike, himself, who made a rare trip from his home in Woodstock, NY.
Membership expanded and in 1976 the Orange County Watercolor Society sponsored its first Juried Exhibition at the Harness Racing Museum. The By-laws were revised and in response to the wider membership, the name of the organization was changed to North East Watercolor Society. The Annual Juried Show expanded the reputation of the organization and the jurors and demonstrators at those shows reads like a “Who’s Who” of American watercolor painters.
CHARTER MEMBERS: Carrie Lou Fisher, Ethel Goldblatt, Matilda Grech, Ingrid Large, Gus Liebman, Jean Needle, Gertrude Ochs, Richard Ochs, Estelle Reger, Gordon Richardson, Babette Roy, Don Selchow, Janice Slocum, Edith Vail and Malcom Yohannan.
PAST PRESIDENTS: Don Selchow (1973-1976), Babette Roy (1977-1983), Ingrid Large (1984-1986),
Joan Ross (1987-1990), Friede Strobl (1991-1992) Malcolm Yohannan (1993-1996), Richard Ochs (1997-2001), Winnie O’Dougherty (2002-2004), Richard Ochs (2005-2006), Richard Price (2006-2022).
SUPPORTERS
Kind Supporters of the 2023 International Exhibition:
(Click on the company's name to visit their website!)
- Ampersand Art Supply (Award Sponsor)
- QOR Watercolor (Golden Paints) (Award Sponsor)
- HK Holbein Artists Materials (Awards Sponsor)
- Jack Richeson & Co. (Awards Sponsor)
- M. Graham & Co. (Award Sponsor)
- Dixon Ticonderoga Arches Paper (Award Sponsor)
- Kent Art Association (Outstanding Gallery Venue)
- Parcel Room (Logistics and Shipping Services)
- Please contact us to become a valued sponsor of the North East Watercolor Society and its programs (exhibitions, workshops, and more).
- Email to: admin@northeastwatercolor.com
NEWS MEMBERS
(those with an asterisk* are paid for 2024)
(those with two asterisks** are also paid for 2025)
Jim Adair
Katherine Adams*
Diana Aliberti*
Tony Armendariz*
Anne M. Austin*
Paula Baldinger*
Judy Ballance*
Janice Baragwanath*
Susan Baresel*
Robin Beckwith
Connie Berberian*
Annelein Beukenkamp*
Stephen Bluto
Patricia Collins Broun
Maryann Burton*
Sal Caldarone*
Janet Campbell*
Sheila Cappelletti
Mark Cardoza*
Claude Carretta
Kathleen Cea-Gupta*
Keming Chen**
Alonzo Clarke*
Connie Clutter
Brenda Cretney*
Teresa Cromwell*
Ratindra Das*
Chito Delos Santos*
Mark deMos
Marilyn Ventresca DiChiara*
Gary Eckhart*
Mary Endico*
Amanda Epstein*
H. Louise Falardeau*
Z. L. Feng*
Karen Fitzgerald*
Jeanette Fournier
Kass Morin Freeman*
Sandra Swanson Fries
Pratibha Garewal*
Bill Garvin (Honorary)
Judi Gilden*
Arthur Patrick Gilmore*
Randy Globus*
Katherine Gray*
Anita Gregorski*
Linda K. Hall*
Bruce Handford*
Cindi Handy*
Anne Harhay*
Caroline Harrow*
Tom Hedderich*
Luciana Heineman
Mary Ann Heinzen*
Ann Higgins*
Adrian Holmes*
Elizabeth Horowitz*
Judith Hummer*
Laura Hwang*
Kathleen Hyden*
John E. James**
Cheryl Johnson*
Joyce Kanyuk*
Shar Kennett*
Alice Kenny*
Margaret Khorey
Diane Klock*
Diane Kominick-Ouzoonian*
Rebecca Krutsinger
Theresa Kubert*
Kevin Kuhne*
Janet Laird-Lagassee*
Jeanne Lampson*
Joan E. Lane*
Carolyn Latanision*
Alexis Lavine*
Beverly Leesman
Paul Loescher*
David Neil Mack
Christine Verga Maday*
Antonio Masi*
Liz Jorg Masi*
Jinnie May*
Grace Scharr McEnaney
Mary McLaughlin*
Patrica Morgan*
Robert J. O'Brien*
Catherine P. O'Neill*
Kristina N. Occhino*
Roberta Oliver*
Lynn Howson Page*
Carolyn Pascarella*
Colette Paul*
Sandra T. Pealer*
Bob Perkowski*
Susan Philips*
George Politis*
Deborah Ponder*
Lynn Pratt*
Lana Privitera*
Audrey Carroll Prucnal*
Nan Quintin*
Kristin Ranney*
Lori M. Rapuano*
Carol Reilley*
Dorrie Rifkin*
Lorraine Rimmelin*
Michele Rofrano*
Marilyn Rose*
Jan Ross*
Babette C. Roy (Honorary)
Rose Scaglione*
Merrilee Sett*
Ana Sharma* (deceased)
DeEtta Silvestro*
Natalie Smythe
Mikhail Solovyev*
In Son*
Bivenne Harvey Staiger*
Herb Stanske*
Jacquelyn Stein*
Robert Steinmetz*
E. Jane Stoddard*
Annie Strack*
Dennis Stuart*
Kate Sullivan*
Robert Sussna*
Valerie Taggart*
Ellen Joyce Trayer*
Patrick Varriano*
Leslie Waxtel*
June P. Webster*
Susan Weintraub*
Jill A. Weltman
Cheryl Weymann*
Susan Wiley
Nora L. Winn*
John Wolff*
Hong Yang*
Kathleen Zann Isacson*
Mary Zywar*
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS:
(those with an asterisk* are paid for 2024)
(those with two asterisks** are also paid for 2025)
Judith Adel
Christine Alfery*
Ciro Attardo*
Linda Barboni*
Victoria Beckert
Laverne Black*
Jerry Bukiewicz*
Diane Camac
JoAnn Catania*
Michelle Clamp
Patricia D'Ambra
Lorraine Devore*
Pat Edwards
Meryl Enerson
Lisa Franklin*
Gina Judy*
Laura Kohlmann*
L. Richard Koleszar
Lynwa Kreimann*
Carl Kubie*
Linda Kujawski*
Joseph Kuzmiak
Anita Langford*
Barbara Lanza
Joan Macfarlane
June Maciolek
Ellen McNally
Cathy McNulty*
Lori McQueeney*
Terry Milk*
Midge Monat*
Donna Napolitano
Yale S. Nicolls*
Debra Pstrowski
Patricia Quirk*
Carol Roe
Roberta Rosenthal*
Tina Rosinski
Joan Ruppel*
Margie Samuels*
Tim Saternow*
Lisa Sebelle*
Carole Semolic*
Laurie Sigmund*
Margaret Simpson*
Pat Smythe
Linn Stilwell
Viktoria Stockmal*
Kevin Storms
Peggy (Margaret) Stover
Nina Suggs*
Elizabeth Sundwall*
Joseph Sundwall*
Mark Taylor
Richard VanTieghem*
Contact
Please contact us via email for the quickest response. You can use the form on this page to send an email, or send an email directly to admin@northeastwatercolor.com Our new postal address is: North East Watercolor Society, P.O. Box 842 Wurtsboro, NY 12790, USA
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BENEFITS OF ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP:
- Eligible to enter Annual Members Exhibition, as well as other exhibition opportunities for members.
- May enter the International Juried Exhibition at reduced charge.
- Reduced rate and priority in registration for NEWS sponsored workshop.
- May hold office (except for President or Vice-President) and may chair or serve on committees.
- Receive the newsletter, attend meetings, and see watercolor demonstrations by prominent artists.
- Interact with fellow artists in a social and friendly fellowship for the advancement of watercolor painting.
BENEFITS OF SIGNATURE MEMBERSHIP:
- May enter all NEWS exhibitions and may enter the International Juried Exhibition at reduced charge.
- May use the "NEWS" initials after his/her name if desired.
- May hold any office or chair in the Society.
- All benefits of Associate Member.
Note: You must have a painting exhibited in 3 International Juried Exhibitions to be considered for signature membership in the society.
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